Reading Series

The lively public Reading Series hosts a wide array of writers, translators, editors and poets, and connects our program to the local community. Nearly all events are free and open to the public and include book sales and signings. If you would like to receive email announcements about upcoming literary events, please email creative.writing@nyu.edu with your request. Read more...

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Will Boast is the author of the short story collection “Power Ballads,” winner of the 2011 Iowa Short Fiction Award, and most recently “Epilogue,” a memoir. Edie Meidav is most recently the author of “Lola, California.” Laura Esther Wolfson's writing has appeared in Bellingham Review, Gettysburg Review, The Rumpus, The Sun and elsewhere, and has been repeatedly listed as notable in Best American Essays. This event is hosted by editors Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon and co-sponsored with “ZYZZYVA.” (Pictured: Will Boast)

Nathan Englander is the author of the story collections "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank" (Knopf, 2012) and "For the Relief of Unbearable Urges" (Vintage, 2000), as well as the novel "The Ministry of Special Cases" (Vintage, 2008). He was the 2012 recipient of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize. He is a Distinguished Fiction Writer-in-Residence at the NYU Creative Writing Program. Founded in 2014, the Axinn Foundation Fellowship is awarded each year to a graduating student of exceptional promise.
NOTE: Nathan Englander will read instead of E. L. Doctorow, who was originally scheduled for this event.

The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases the student talent of NYU’s graduate Creative Writing Program, and features established writers as special guests. Eileen Myles is most recently the author of “Snowflake/different streets” (Wave Books, 2012).

Location:
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street

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Fiction Reading

Jeffery Renard Allen and Marie-Helene Bertino

“Song of the Shank” (Graywolf, 2014) is the acclaimed new novel by Jeffery Renard Allen. Marie-Helene Bertino’s novel “2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas” (Crown, 2014) was selected as one of NPR’s 2014 Great Reads.

Nelson George has twice been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is most recently the author of “The Lost Treasures of R&B," the third novel in his D Hunter Mystery Series. Bernice L. McFadden is the author of nine novels, including "Gathering of Waters" (a New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012) and the recently reissued "Loving Donovan." Arthur Nersesian’s debut novel, the Lower East Side cult classic "The Fuck-Up," was also the first title published by Brooklyn-based independent publishing company Akashic Books, which has since published seven of his novels. This event is hosted by editor Aaron Petrovich and co-sponsored with Akashic Books. (Pictured: Bernice L. McFadden)

Featuring Patricia Smith, a four-time winner of the National Poetry Slam; her latest collection, “Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah,” appeared in 2013 from Coffee House Press. This event is co-sponsored with Cave Canem Foundation, a home for the many voices of African American poetry. (Pictured: Patricia Smith)

Megan Mayhew Bergman’s story collection “Almost Famous Women” is new from Scribner (January, 2015). Emily St. John Mandel’s latest book is “Station Eleven: A Novel” (Knopf, 2014). This event is hosted by NYU Creative Writing Program faculty member and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Darin Strauss. (Pictured: Emily St. John Mandel)

Charles Baxter’s newest book is “There’s Something I Want You to Do: Stories” (Pantheon, February 2015). This event is hosted by NYU Creative Writing Program faculty member and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Darin Strauss.

Carmen Gimenéz-Smith’s books include “Milk and Filth” (University of Arizona Press, 2013). David Tomas Martinez’s collection “Hustle” appeared from Sarabande Books in 2014. This event is hosted by Javier Zamora and co-sponsored with CantoMundo, an organization dedicated to supporting Latina/o poets.

Joseph O’Neill is the author of “Netherland,” 2009 winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. His most recent novel is “The Dog” (Pantheon, 2014). O’Neill will be introduced by NYU Creative Writing Program faculty member and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Darin Strauss. This event is co-sponsored with NYU Abu Dhabi. To RSVP, please visit: here.

Location:
NYU Abu Dhabi, 19 Washington Square North

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Poetry Reading

Tarfia Faizullah, Vievee Francis, and Tomas Q. Morin

Kundiman fellow Tarfia Faizullah’s book “Seam” (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014) was the winner of the 2012 Crab Orchard Open Series in Poetry First Book Award. Vievee Francis, associate editor of Callaloo, is the author of two collections of poetry, most recently “Horse in the Dark,” winner of the Cave Canem/Northwestern University Prize (Northwestern University, 2012). Tomas Q. Morin’s first book “A Larger Country” won the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. His translation of Pablo Neruda’s “The Heights of Macchu Picchu” is out now from Copper Canyon Press. (Pictured: Tarfia Faizullah)

The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases the student talent of NYU’s graduate Creative Writing Program and features established writers as special guests. Kate Zambreno’s widely acclaimed “Green Girl” was reissued by Harper Perennial in 2014.

Location:
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street

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The New Salon: Poets in Conversation

Ron Padgett (with Alice Quinn)

Ron Padgett is the the author of over 20 collections of poetry, most recently “Collected Poems” (Coffee House, 2013), winner of the 2013 William Carlos Williams Award and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry.
This event is hosted by Alice Quinn and co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America.

2014 MacArthur Fellow Terrance Hayes is the author of four previous collections of poetry including “Lighthead,” winner of the 2010 National Book Award. His fifth collection “How to Be Drawn” is forthcoming this March (Penguin Books, 2015).

Erin Belieu’s most recent poetry collection “Slant Six” was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2014. Jill Bialosky’s newest collection of poems, “The Players,” is due out this February (Knopf, 2015). Cate Marvin’s third book of poems, “Oracle,” is forthcoming from W.W Norton. (Pictured: Erin Belieu)

The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases the student talent of NYU’s graduate Creative Writing Program and features established writers as special guests. Nick Lantz is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently “How to Dance as the Roof Caves In” (Graywolf, 2014).

NYU Creative Writing faculty member and National Book Award winner Mark Doty's new collection is “Deep Lane" (W.W. Norton, April 2015). Richard Siken’s first book “Crush” (Yale University Press, 2005), was the winner of the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize. His second book is “War of the Foxes” (Copper Canyon Press, April 2015). (Pictured: Mark Doty)

The newest book from Brett Fletcher Lauer is “A Hotel in Belgium” (Four Way, 2014). Anthony McCann’s fourth full length collection is “Thing Music” (Wave Books, 2014). “Trickster” (University of Iowa Press, 2014) is the second collection of poems from Randall Potts. The most recent book from NYU Creative Writing Program faculty member Matthew Rohrer is “Surrounded by Friends” (Wave Books, April 2015).

Dorothea Lasky is the author of four full-length poetry collections, most recently “Rome” (Liveright/W.W Norton, 2014). This event is hosted by NYU Creative Writing Program director Deborah Landau, and is co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America.

The Emerging Writers Reading Series showcases the student talent of NYU’s graduate Creative Writing Program and features established writers as special guests. Catherine Lacey is the author of the debut novel “Nobody Is Ever Missing” (FSG, 2014).

Location:
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street

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The New Salon: Poets in Conversation

Yona Harvey and Afaa Weaver (with Charif Shanahan)

For her debut collection, “Hemming the Water,” (Four Way, 2014) Yona Harvey was awarded the 2014 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Afaa Weaver’s most recent collection of poems is “City of Eternal Spring” (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014). He is the recipient of the 2014 Kingsley Tufts Award. This event is hosted by Charif Shanahan and co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America and the PEN World Voices Festival.

A celebration of the life and work of poet Galway Kinnell (1927-2014), co-founder of the NYU Creative Writing Program. With Toi Derricote, Mark Doty, Jonathan Safran Foer, Robert Hass, Edward Hirsch, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Mirah Kozodoy, Sharon Olds, Myra Shapiro, Gerald Stern, and C. K. Williams. Co-sponsored with the Academy of American Poets, Cave Canem Foundation, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, the Poetry Society of America, Poets House, and the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y.